Membership

There are three statutory member organisations of the Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board (DSAB), which are:

Derbyshire County Council Adult Social Care and Health

Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

Derbyshire Constabulary

In addition, the DSAB has representation from the following organisations:

Age UK Derby and Derbyshire

Board Manager

Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust

Derby Diocese

Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust

Derbyshire County Council Community Safety

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Derbyshire Mind

Derbyshire Voluntary Action

Derbyshire, Leicester, Nottingham and Rutland Community Rehabilitation Company

DHU Healthcare CIC

East Midlands Ambulance Service

Healthwatch Derbyshire

HMP Foston Hall

HMP Sudbury

Housing/Environmental Health (District Councils)

Independent Chair

National Probation Service Derbyshire

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Advisors to the Board are:

Care Quality Commission

Derbyshire County Council Legal Department

Independent Chair - Andy Searle

Andy is a retired police officer who has worked in adult safeguarding for the last seven years of service, retiring in 2006.

Andy has been involved in chairing Safeguarding Adults Boards across the North West since 2007 and in the Summer of 2014 was appointed to the Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board. He said:

"I have lived in Derbyshire all my married life so it made sense for me to try and make a difference in the area where I live.

"I hopefully bring experience and knowledge to Derbyshire but we all work together as a board collectively, borrowing good ideas from across the country and sharing our own developed good practice.

"My role as Independent Chair is exactly that, I am truly independent and I support and encourage partners to work collaboratively for the benefit of adults with needs for care and support. I hold partners to account, ensuring that they do what they say they are going to do and ensure that all play their role to address the issues surrounding abuse and neglect in the adult world.

"Partnership work is the way forward; if every individual and every agency or voluntary group takes responsibility for making adult safeguarding everyone’s business we will really make a difference to Derbyshire residents."